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University of Wollongong Research Online University of Wollongong Thesis Collection 1954-2016

perspective Dinh Thi Nguyen University of Wollongong Recommended Citation Nguyen, Dinh Thi, Theatre

1 University of Wollongong Research Online University of Wollongong Thesis Collection University of Wollongong Thesis Collections 2005 Theatre internationalisation: a Vietnamese perspective Dinh Thi Nguyen University of Wollongong Recommended Citation Nguyen, Dinh Thi, Theatre internationalisation: a Vietnamese perspective, PhD thesis, School of Music and Drama, University of Wollongong, Research Online is the open access institutional repository for the University of Wollongong. For further information contact the UOW Library: research-pubs@uow.edu.au

3 THEATRE INTERNATIONALISATION: A VIETNAMESE PERSPECTIVE A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of the degree DOCTOR OF CREATIVE ARTS from UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG by DINH THI NGUYEN, Master of Creative Arts FACULTY OF CREATIVE ARTS 2005

4 CERTIFICATION I, Dinh Thi Nguyen, declare that this thesis, submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Doctor of Creative Arts, in the Faculty of Creative Arts, University of Wollongong, is wholly my own work unless otherwise referenced or acknowledged. The document has not been submitted for qualifications at any other academic institution. Dinh Thi Nguyen 10 November

5 CONTENTS List of illustrations 5 List of appendices 8 Abstract 9 Acknowledgements 10 Introduction 11 A point of departure 16 CHAPTER 1: A definition: internationalisation of theatre - an encounter between home and other theatre cultures. 19 CHRONOLOGY 35 CHAPTER 2: Vietnamese theatre culture and an approach to the context of internationalisation Historical background The establishment of Cheo and Tuong: borrowing and adapting Chinese Opera/Sung Drama The establishment of Spoken Drama within the influence of French theatre An expression of internationalisation in Vietnamese culture Late 19th - 20th centuries: absorbing French theatre The establishment of Cai luong From : the influence 3

6 of Stanislavsky s method From : the renewal of Vietnamese theatre Seeking a strategy. 79 CHAPTER 3: Examples of experiments in internationalisation of theatre Bertolt Brecht Augusto Boal Peter Brook Jerzy Grotowski Eugenio Barba Others 113 CHAPTER 4: My practice of internationalisation of theatre Travelling North Macbeth The Land of Bliss Romeo and Juliet The Centre for Theatre Technology 166 CHAPTER 5: Conclusion 180 References 185 4

7 ILLUSTRATIONS 1. An Old Cheo Performance, Vietnam s National Cheo Theatre Company An Old Cheo Performance, Vietnam s National Cheo Theatre Company A performance of Tuong in 18th century Theatre Museum in Danang Truong Ba s Spirit in the Butcher s Skin, Vietnam s National Theatre Company, 1989 (Photo: Anh Dung.) Truong Ba s Spirit in the Butcher s Skin, Vietnam s National Theatre Company, 1989 (Photo: Anh Dung.) Caucasian Chalk Circle, Vietnam s National Cheo Theatre Company, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Vietnam s National Cheo Theatre Company, Caucasian Chalk Circle, Vietnam s National Cheo Theatre Company, Solar and Lunar Eclipse, Vietnam s Youth Theatre, 2004 (Photo: Lan Huong) Solar and Lunar Eclipse, Vietnam s Youth Theatre, 2004 (Photo: Lan Huong) Market of Lives, Faculty of Creative Arts, Wollongong University, 1997 (Photo: Angie Matsinos.) Market of Lives, Faculty of Creative Arts, Wollongong University, 1997 (Photo: Angie Matsinos.) Market of Lives, Faculty of Creative Arts, Wollongong University, 1997 (Photo: Angie Matsios.) Travelling North, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 1998 (Photo: Tran Kim Bang) 132 5

8 15. Travelling North, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 1998 (Photo: Tran Kim Bang) Macbeth, Ho Chi Minh City College of Theatre and Film, 1999 (Photo: Dieu Duc) Sketch for Macbeth, Ho Chi Minh City College of Theatre and Film, 1999 (Designer: Le Tien Dinh) Sketch for Macbeth, Ho Chi Minh City College of Theatre and Film, 1999 (Designer: Le Tien Dinh) Macbeth, Ho Chi Minh City College of Theatre and Film, 1999 (Photo: Dieu Duc) Macbeth, Ho Chi Minh City College of Theatre and Film, 1999 (Photo: Dieu Duc) Romeo and Juliet, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 2003 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) Romeo and Juliet, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 2003 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) Romeo and Juliet, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 2003 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) Romeo and Juliet, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 2003 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) The Storm, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 2005 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) The Storm, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film,

9 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) The Storm, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 2005 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) The Storm, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 2005 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) The Storm, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 2005 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) The Storm, Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film, 2005 (Photo: Hoang Song Hao) 177 All sources have granted permission for reproduction of the material in this thesis. Dinh Thi Nguyen November

10 APPENDICES 1. Specific references. (DVD) 2. Macbeth. (DVD) 3. The Land of Bliss. (DVD) 4. Romeo and Juliet. (DVD) 5. The Storm. (VCD: 5A and 5B) 8

11 ABSTRACT During the last century, there have been many international theatrical exchanges which provided theatre practitioners with a wide range of opportunities to adapt and borrow elements or techniques from one theatre culture to apply to another. However, the question remains, whether this process is a collaboration in which foreign elements equally exist with the original tradition, creating a new form or are they assimilated into the tradition and absorbed by it? Do foreign elements remain foreign, used within familiar structures? In this thesis I map out a conceptual framework for analysing a number of related practices in adapting and borrowing techniques from various theatre forms to integrate into one s own form. I define this process as a concept of theatre internationalisation. This study of theatre internationalisation explores the experiences and practices of theatricals from Vietnam, together with a wide variety of other theatre cultures, in order to develop my own approach to practising the concept of internationalisation in theatre. Through analysing theatre works of international and Vietnamese directors and theoreticians I search for my own creative practice as a Vietnamese theatre director. It is hoped that this study will not only provide Vietnamese theatre practitioners, particularly the younger generation, with a key to finding the potential to strengthen their own theatre culture, but will also serve to foreground the diversity of theatrical practice in contemporary cultures. 9

12 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all I would like to express my deepest gratitude to my supervisor, Dr Ian McGrath, for his support and encouragement. I could not have completed this thesis without his supervision. My sincere thanks go to Janys Hayes, my co-supervisor for her assistance. I would also like to acknowledge the Faculty of Creative Arts and Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film for their support during my time studying at The University of Wollongong, Australia. My special thanks go to the following organisations and individuals for their kind support and assistance: Vietnam s Ministry of Education and Training; Vietnam s Ministry of Culture and Information; Ho Chi Minh City College of Theatre and Film; Vietnam s National Cheo Theatre Company; Vietnam s National Theatre Company; Olena Cullen; Aaron Hull; Zoe Steen; Angie Matsinos; Margaret Davis; Lyndsay Conner; Matt Conner; Christina Norman; Michael Pearce; Lotte Latukefu and her students at the Faculty of Creative Arts; Tue Gia Nguyen; Le Manh Hung; Hoang Song Hao; Lan Huong and; all my students at Hanoi Academy of Theatre and Film. 10

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